Queen of the slappers....!

[spog]

Got to get a second bass to back up my Precision. Wouls also like to take the opportunity to tweak the thing for some indulgent slapping, as my normal style (Verdine, Andy Levy, etc) requires the instrument to be set up in completely the opposite direction. Just wondering what folk thought was the best all-rounder for giving the old thumb an airing? Back in the day it was JDs, Statuses and so forth, but then Louis Johnson and the late (great) Bernie also did passable job with the Stingray! Any suggestions?

[TheDarkReaver]

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[Brother Jones]

[quote name='spog' post='364503' date='Dec 27 2008, 10:43 PM']Back in the day it was JDs, Statuses and so forth[/quote]

Yeah, I remember those days. Times are different now though and people's slapping preferences have a lot more to do with Marcus Miller than they do with Mark King - the very hi-fi trebly, always using the bridge pup thing is less popular than it was.

I'm loving the occasional bit of slapping my Precision around, but the obvious (boring?) alternative is a maple board Jazz - a CIJ reissue would prob be best vfm.

[Delberthot]

Woah. What a tug boat.

Face like a bag of spanners

[OldGit]

What's your budget ?

[spog]

[quote name='OldGit' post='364677' date='Dec 28 2008, 11:01 AM']What's your budget ?[/quote]Up to £500, second-hand.

[lemmywinks]

Warwicks?

[TheDarkReaver]

Spectors arn't to bad for a bit of the old slapping.

[marcus bell]

i like anything with a 3 band eq, so you can mess around with the mid, always sounds perfect

[Alun]

Jazz, Spector, Stingray - all good.

My Squier VM Jazz has a very respectable slap tone and would be about half your budget

Cheers
Alun

[Oscar South]

The best two slap tones I've heard are from a Jazz or a Stingray, very different sounds though, the Fender has a really nice mid heavy sound which has a punchy attack and good presence in the mix while the Stingray has really well defined treble and bass for a nice clean percussive attack with lots of warm low end, very Hi-Fi sounding.

[silverfoxnik]

Wal basses...

[RaNoFuNkY]

my kubicki is lurvely for this! Also previously emplyed by Stu Hamm and Vail Johnson (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FSkbcajsPzA&feature=related)

[sshorepunk]

Jazz or stingray, possibley the best two bass combo out there, both slap like 10 slapping things in a slapping room full of slappers on a good day for slapping things!

With a £500 budget you should get a decent Jazz with maybe a few $$ to chuck a cheap, S/H active circuit in! Saw a ray go on e-bay a few weeks back for around £480 on e-bay, pick up only in London, teal green! Bargains do come up!

T

[WalMan]

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='365171' date='Dec 28 2008, 09:49 PM']Wal basses...[/quote]
Have you found a secret stash then Nik!?

[silverfoxnik]

[quote name='WalMan' post='365768' date='Dec 29 2008, 08:56 PM']Have you found a secret stash then Nik!? [/quote]
I wish!!

[spog]

[spog]

Sorry it's taken 16 years to get back! Ended up building this monster!!!